A Bug's Life (1998)
Average Rating: 7.9/10
Reviews Counted: 84
Fresh: 77 | Rotten: 7
Blending top notch animation with rousing adventure, witty dialogue, and memorable characters, A Bug's Life is another Pixar winner.
Average Rating: 7.5/10
Critic Reviews: 20
Fresh: 19 | Rotten: 1
Blending top notch animation with rousing adventure, witty dialogue, and memorable characters, A Bug's Life is another Pixar winner.
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John Lasseter, director of Pixar's movie phenomenon Toy Story, has set new standards in computer animation with this effort, another Disney-released children's epic entitled A Bug's Life. Blending classic Disney storytelling characters and the mysterious underground world of bugs, Lasseter has created a film that can be enjoyed by all audiences, and another franchise in the process. A Bug's Life is a computerized retelling of the Aesop fable The Ant and the Grasshopper, made as a cartoon-short
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Cast
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Dave Foley
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Kevin Spacey
Hopper -
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Princess Atta -
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Phyllis Diller
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Richard Kind
Molt -
David Hyde Pierce
Slim -
Joe Ranft
Heimlich -
Denis Leary
Francis -
Jonathan Harris
Manny -
Madeline Kahn
Gypsy -
Bonnie Hunt
Rosie -
Michael McShane
Tuck & Roll -
John Ratzenberger
P.T. Flea -
Brad Garrett
Dim -
Roddy McDowall
Mr. Soil -
Edie McClurg
Dr. Flora -
Alex Rocco
Thorny -
David Ossman
Cornelius -
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Ashley Tisdale
Lead Blueberry Scout
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All Critics (85) | Top Critics (20) | Fresh (83) | Rotten (7) | DVD (39)
A Bug's Life may be the single most amazing film I've ever seen that I couldn't fall in love with.
Top CriticThis animated fable teems with vivid creatures standing on their own countless feet.
The plot matures handsomely; the characters neatly converge and combust; the gags pay off with emotional resonance.
Full of adventure, spectacle, light romance, and the kind of suspense that doesn't require an unpredictable outcome to make your spine tingle.
Pixel perfect.
One of the great movies -- a triumph of storytelling and character development, and a whole new ballgame for computer animation.
The colours are vivid, the detail incredible and the vocal performances, led by Foley, are fine. Happily, it works on both a child's and adult's level.
Cute animated tale with some mild peril and scary bugs.
The rest of the film has similar fun mixing bug-world givens with anthropomorphism.
Extras on the first disc include a full length audio commentary by co-director John Lasseter and a behind-the-scenes featurette on the making of the film.
Promotes the classic American ethos of individualism without seeming preachy or narrow-minded, creating characters we enjoy, a story that's fun and visuals that sparkle.
The whole film is one big wow in Hi-Def.
pure joy--whimsical, funny, and downright entertaining
A Bug's Life [is] sure to endure as a superb children's entertainment. [Blu-ray]
Entertaining computer-animated fantasy epic.
Doesn't merit much enthusiasm or indignation; it just skitters across your consciousness, leaving no traces except a vague depression.
A classic. It's better than the last several Disney animated films. PIXAR has stated they want to be the second successful feature animation studio. They're already there.
The witty dialog and contemporary humor keep things interesting and entertaining for the adults out there. The kids, even younger ones, have plenty to keep them occupied for 96 minutes.
Audience Reviews for A Bug's Life
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- Francis: Hey, turn your butt off!
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- Hopper: Let this be a lesson to all you ants! Ideas are very dangerous things! You are mindless, soil-shoving losers, put on this Earth to serve us!
- Flik: You're wrong, Hopper. Ants are not meant to serve grasshoppers. I've seen these ants do great things, and year after year they somehow manage to pick food for themselves *and* you. So-so who is the weaker species? Ants don't serve grasshoppers! It's *you* who need *us*! We're a lot stronger than you say we are... And you know it, don't you?
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- Manny: You listen to me, my boy. I've made a living out of being a failure, and you, sir, are not a failure.
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- Hopper: You piece of dirt! No, I'm wrong. You're lower than dirt. You're an ant!
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- Princess Atta: You mean you're not warriors?
- P.T. Flea: Are you kidding? These guys are the lousiest circus bugs you've ever seen, and they're gonna make me rich!
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- Rosie: Okay, come on everyone. Break a leg.
- Flik: Whoa! You're vicious!
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- Das Große Krabbeln (DE)
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